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J. D. RIPSON. FABRIC FOR COVERING MOLDINGS, &c.

No. 445,434. Patented Jan. 27, 1891.

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.21 liorzwya STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN D. RIPSON, OF TORONTO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO DONALD CAMPBELL- RIDOUT,TRUSTEE, OF SAME PLACE.

FABRlC FOR COVERING MOLDINGS, 8M3.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,434, dated January27, 1891.

' Application filed May 1, 1889. Serial No. 309,267. (No model.)

T (0% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J GEN DANFORD RIPSON, of the city of Toronto, in thecounty of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have in ventedcertain new and useful improvements in fabrics adapted to be used as anornamental covering for moldings and various articles, and in thearticle covered with the improved fabric, of which the following is a IOspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and .useful improvements infabrics adapted to be used as an ornamental covering for moldings andvarious articles and in the article [5 covered with the improved fabric.

The novelty resides in the peculiarity of construction and thecombinations and arrangements of parts, all as more fully hereinafterdescribed, shown in the drawings, and

then definitely pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a piece of myimproved fabric. Fig. 2 is a section through the line 5c 00 of Fig. 1,on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 represents a piece of molding covered withmy improved fabric. Fig. 4 represents a flat article covcred with myfabric.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A represents apiece of fabric 0 provided with ribs or hollow ridges ct, formed thereinin any suitable way, preferably, however, by such means as those shownand described in my application Serial No. 259,993. This fabric A isunited to a flexible backing 5 5 13, preferably by means of awater-proof material, such as gutta-percha or soft rubber. This backingshould be plain-that is, not ribbed-so that when it is secured to theunder face of the fabric A there will be spaces 40 I) left between thebacking and the ribs 0.

A fabric thus formed will be found'very ornamental, and by reason of itsflexible backing it is adapted to be used to cover moldings and manyother articles, and may be readily 5 bent into any desired shape. Thefabric thus formed when secured to moldings should have its edges bentover the rear side of the wood, as shown in Fig. 3, (in which 0represents a piece of molding or block of wood or other material,) sothat when the molding is attached as shown in said figure the raw edgeswill be hidden from view. Ordinarily the flexible backing is omitted,although it may be used if desired.

I am aware that picture frame molding has been formed of a wooden baseprovided with a recess, and an embossed fabric hav-' ing a backingfitting the elevations in the embossed fabric secured to said base. I amalso aware that a base of wood has also been 50 formed with corrugationsor ribs and a covering of fabric closely united to and follow ing allthe irregularities in the surface of the wood, and donot seek to coversuch con structions.

I deem it important that the backing be secured flat upon the rear faceof the ribbed fabric, not following the depressions therein. The backingthus serves to hold the ribs of the fabric always in their normalposition and allows it to be readily bent to accommodate itself to theshape of the place in which it is to be used, whereas where the backingfollows and is fitted in the depressions in the fabric there is a doublethickness at such points, rendering the material hard to shape andmaking it clumsy-looking and. bunchy at the ends.

hat I claim as new is 1. As an improved article of manufacture, a fabrichaving hollow ridges above the body of the cloth united to a plainflexible backing adapted to be used as an ornamental covering formoldings, substantially as described.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a fabric having hollow ridgesunited to a plain flexible backing bya water-proof material,substantially as described.

3. In combination with a piece of Wood or other hard material, acovering of fabric secured thereto, provided with hollow ribs raisedabove the surface of the adjoining portion of the cloth or fabricadhering to the wood, substantially as described.

4. In combination with a piece of wood or other hard material, acovering of fabric secured thereto, provided with hollow ribs raisedabove the surface of the adjoining portion of the cloth or fabricadhering to the wood with its edges bent under the wood, so that whenattached the edges will be hidden, substantially as described.

"Toronto, April 8, 1889.

JOHN D. RIPSON.

In presence of-- CHARLES C. BALDWIN, W. G. MoMrLLAN;

